The “comics medium” includes newspaper comic strips such as Dennis the Menace and comic books such as Spider-Man. Scholars around the world agree that comics are a uniquely American art form.
The first commercially successful comic strip was Hogan’s Alley, a comic strip from the 1890s. Hogan’s Alley featured the Yellow Kid, the world’s first popular cartoon character. This strip and its character marked the beginning of comics and was American in every respect. Set in a low-income neighborhood in New York City, Hogan’s Alley dealt with the lives of ordinary Americans. It was written and drawn by American cartoonist R.F. Outcault. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, two famous and influential American publishers, printed the comic strip in their newspapers.
The first popular comic book in the world was also American. Action Comics, a series that is still in print today, was initially released in 1938. It featured Superman, the world’s first superhero. Like Hogan’s Alley, Superman was American-created.
Americans invented comic strips, and Americans have exported their unique art form to the rest of the world. Japanese comics, called manga, were inspired by the comics that Americans brought to Japan after World War II. Popular European comics series such as Smurfs and Asterix are influenced by Disney comic books. Today, American-created Disney comic characters are more popular in Europe than ever.
The comics medium started in America. While it has spread around the world, even comics that aren’t created by Americans have an undeniable American influence. This is why so many art and literature scholars recognize the comic strip as a truly American art form.
Directions: Summarize the main points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage. You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. Your response will be judged on the basis of the quality of your writing and how well your response presents the points in the lecture and their relationship to the reading passage.
The reading and the lecture are both about "comics" and their origin. The author of the passage states that comics are a uniuely American art form. The lecturer challanges the claims made by the author. He is of the opinion that comics doesn't solely belong to American art.
To begin with, the author argues that Hogan's Alley was the first commercially successful comic strip in 1890s. The article mentions that Hogan's Alley and it's characters marked the commencement of comics and was American in each and every aspect. This specific argument is challanged by the lecturer. He claims that there were many popular comic strips which were made especially in Britaina and Swizerland of Europe even before Hogan's Alley in early 1790s. Additionally, he says that the charecters of Hogan's Alley and also it's publishers were immigrants from Europe.
Secondly, the writer suggests that the first popular Action comic book was from America. In the article it is said that the Action Comic Series featuring Superman, the world's first superhero was also created in America in 1938. However, the lecturer rebuts this by mentioning that 16 years before the Superman series was released, there was a well-known action comic book called Adventures of Tinton released in 1932. He elaborated on this by bringing up the point that artist of the Superman was from Canada but not America.
Finally,the author posits American comics have inspired many japanese and European art forms. Moreover, in the article it is stated that American Disney characters are more popular in Europe than ever. In contrast, the lecturer's position is that Japanese Manga and Europe's Smurfs and Asterix were of indigenous origin but not American-inspired. He notes that European disney characters are created by Europeans.
In conclusion, although the reading and lecture are both about origin of comic strips and chatacters, the points made in the reading are effectively challanged by the lecture.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 130, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...r of the passage states that comics are a uniuely American art form. The lecturer...
^
Line 1, column 159, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...comics are a uniuely American art form. The lecturer challanges the claims made by ...
^^^
Line 1, column 247, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...uthor. He is of the opinion that comics doesnt solely belong to American art. To begi...
^^^^^^
Line 2, column 102, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 1890s'.
Suggestion: in the 1890s
...rst commercially successful comic strip in 1890s. The article mentions that Hogans Alley...
^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 8, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...s from Canada but not America. Finally,the author posits American comics have insp...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, in conclusion, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 10.4613686534 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 7.30242825607 192% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1657.0 1373.03311258 121% => OK
No of words: 317.0 270.72406181 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22712933754 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21953715646 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71407062967 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482649842271 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 527.4 419.366225166 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.2082127955 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.0555555556 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6111111111 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.61111111111 7.06452816374 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.34872100523 0.272083759551 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117550658925 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.105562030172 0.0662205650399 159% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186542785517 0.162205337803 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0704644606363 0.0443174109184 159% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 53.8541721854 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.76 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 63.6247240618 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 130, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...r of the passage states that comics are a uniuely American art form. The lecturer...
^
Line 1, column 159, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...comics are a uniuely American art form. The lecturer challanges the claims made by ...
^^^
Line 1, column 247, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...uthor. He is of the opinion that comics doesnt solely belong to American art. To begi...
^^^^^^
Line 2, column 102, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 1890s'.
Suggestion: in the 1890s
...rst commercially successful comic strip in 1890s. The article mentions that Hogans Alley...
^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 8, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...s from Canada but not America. Finally,the author posits American comics have insp...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, in conclusion, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 10.4613686534 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 7.30242825607 192% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1657.0 1373.03311258 121% => OK
No of words: 317.0 270.72406181 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22712933754 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21953715646 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71407062967 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482649842271 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 527.4 419.366225166 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.2082127955 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.0555555556 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6111111111 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.61111111111 7.06452816374 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.34872100523 0.272083759551 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117550658925 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.105562030172 0.0662205650399 159% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186542785517 0.162205337803 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0704644606363 0.0443174109184 159% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 53.8541721854 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.76 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 63.6247240618 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.